Microsoft just announced a follow up to the popular State of Decay, an Xbox 360 (and later Xbox One) open world zombie arcade survival game. It is slated for 2017, but no further details were announced. … Developing
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Dead Rising 4 Annnounced… or Confirmed. I guess – E3 2016
Dead Rising 4 has been confirmed, after a lot of leaks in recent weeks. It will release on Windows 10 and Xbox One. It’ll get you in the Xmas Spirit. Again! … Developing
The Witcher 3’s popular card game Gwent is coming to consoles – E3 2016
Gwent, the extremely popular card game from The Witcher 3, is getting a standalone release on PCs and Consoles, coupled with Cross-Play. I don’t know about you, but I’ve played a lot of Gwent in The Witcher 3 already. This is absolutely a buy for me. There will be a beta on Xbox One and PC soon, and you can sign up at PlayGwent.com … Developing.
Xbox will let you customize their new controller – E3 2016
Microsoft not only updated their Xbox One Controller (again), but now they will let you customize the colors in their “Design Lab”. Everything from the front to the back, buttons, and sticks. As for the controller itself? It looks like the new ones have Bluetooth inside, as well as a bump in the wifi-direct to allow longer connection distances. When we learn more about what exactly the bluetooth is going to be used for, we’ll let you know. … Developing
Xbox One Background Music, Clubs, and more coming to Xbox One Dashboard – E3 2016
Microsoft just announced Background Music coming later this summer. Additionally, a new club community feature will be added to the Xbox, allowing you to find new players and make friends playing the games you play. This is also going to be coupled with a new “Looking for group” option, allowing you to seek out players for specific purposes. Think 360 beacons, only more robust. Finally, A new Xbox Arena area will be introduced in order to organize and execute...
Forza Horizon 3 Announced – E3 2016
Microsoft just announced their next Installment in the Forza series – Forza Horizon 3. The game is again an open world driving simulator, with an emphasis on off road driving, set in Australia. … Developing.
Xbox Play Anywhere – Cross Buy/Play Revealed – E3 2016
Microsoft just announced their new “Xbox Play Anywhere” Feature, allowing any compatible title to be cross-buy and cross-play on Windows 10 and Xbox One. Gears of War 4 was the first announced game in the program. ….developing
Is this the new Xbox One Slim? – E3 2016
Rumors! Some of my favorite things in the build up to E3 every year. Yesterday marked one of the bigger ones of this year’s show, with leaks of what may be the Xbox One Slim revision. Said to be 40% smaller than the launch Xbox One, the “S” has a 2 TB hard drive included, supports 4K video playback and High Dynamic Range (HDR). It looks like a vertical stand option will be included, as well as an updated controller. What exactly is updated ont he game pad...
Xbox App released for Android and iOS – E3 2016
Early on Monday morning, before the onslaught of day 1 news at E3, Microsoft released its full-featured Xbox App for both Android and iOS devices. This app will replace the company’s existing Xbox One Smartglass app, and instead brings the full featured app from the Windows 10 marketplace onto the other platforms. Users of Windows 10 and Windows phones will recognize the software right away as a more feature-rich version of their smart glass counterparts. Conceptually...
Review: Star Fox Zero
Star Fox was a childhood pleasure of mine. I dabbled in the SNES version quite a bit, but Star Fox 64 was when things really clicked for me. I’ve enjoyed flight simulators since I was old enough to know what one was, and Star Fox was a welcome break from the more complicated games PC games like TIE Fighter or Freespace, and was a more welcoming game than its closer console counterpart, Rogue Squadron. Star Fox 64 was approachable because it was simple. You were on rails...